~~~That Sappy Bird~~~

During a walk around the yard last week (with the camera of course you never know) I could hear the sound of the "Yellow-bellied Sap Sucker", a member of the woodpecker family!!

I finally located him in the Sugar Maple tree on the front lawn !
He was into one of his may stashes of holes he has drilled to feed on!!
Although they feed on some insects the sap of,especially the sugar maple is there main food source!!

The color of the leave where so brilliant and the sun so bright it was hard to get good photo's
I don't use Photoshop, or the like so I toned them down  some so as not to blind you from the leaves!!  : )

I am sure this is a juvenile, because it doesn't have a 

full  bright red feathers on its head yet !! 

Male or female not sure??

Here he is opening one of the capped over holes probably made earlier this summer!! 

There are a series of holes that have capped over he just opens some up and has lunch!!

The Sap Sucker is the only one of the woodpecker family 

that we have here that migrates in winter!!

This is a somewhat blurry, but I wanted you to see where he had been into one !!

In the upper right you can see  foamy bubbles where it had just sucked sap out!

When it dries over it will look like the bottom half looks with white and brown sealed caps!! 

In a post a week or so ago I had the Mourning Cloak butterfly ,who also

feeds on sap only too!

He was giving the Sap Sucker some grief, and trying to get into the stash too

but the Sap Sucker kept making a move toward the butterfly!!

I tried to get a shot of this, but with no success!!

 Finally the butterfly sat behind this branch 

waiting for an opportunity !!

Fascinating the world of nature, and how it all works together!!

Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday